Thursday, January 3, 2013

The Hawaiian and Pacific Collections will be
undergoing some transitions in 2013.With the retirement of Hawaiian Collection
curator Joan Hori, the following librarians will remain in the department:

Dore Minatodani, senior librarian, Hawaiian
Collection

Jodie Mattos, librarian, Hawaiian Collection

Stu Dawrs, senior librarian, Pacific Collection

Eleanor Kleiber, librarian, Pacific Collection

At the time of her retirement, Joan Hori was
also serving as department head for the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections. Stu
Dawrs will serve as department head for the next two years.

Regarding a replacement for Joan, the
department has submitted a proposal for the position, and we are awaiting the
hiring and the arrival of a new University Librarian for further action. Due to
budget concerns and to preserve the incoming University Librarian's opportunity
to allocate resources as he or she thinks best serves the institution, our
interim University Librarian is deferring decisions on returning positions to
departments and hiring replacements.

Also in 2013, the Hawaiian and Pacific
Collections will be closed for part of the summer, due to an extensive
construction project that will affect much of Hamilton Library throughout the
spring and summer of this year. We do not have exact dates yet, but we expect
that during some part of the summer, the Hawaiian
and Pacific Collections will be closed for approximately 6 weeks. During
this period we will not have access to our collections. Please see http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu/about/air_handler.htmlfor more information on the
construction project. We will also post information specific to our
collections on this site as it becomes available.

About Us

The Hawaiian & Pacific Collections are located on the fifth floor of Hamilton Library, on the campus of University of Hawaii-Manoa. For general questions about either collection, contact: hawnpac@hawaii.edu This blog began publishing on Oct. 30, 2009, and is edited by Pacific specialist librarian Stu Dawrs. Contact: dawrs@hawaii.edu